Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat By Thomas Ungaro


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Northern hairy-nosed wombat, sole of hind foot
Northern hairy-nosed wombat, sole of hind foot



Kingdom:
[[/wiki/Animal|Animalia]]
Phylum:
[[/wiki/Chordate|Chordata]]
Class:
[[/wiki/Mammal|Mammalia]]
Infraclass:
[[/wiki/Marsupialia|Marsupialia]]
Order:
[[/wiki/Diprotodontia|Diprotodontia]]
Family:
[[/wiki/Vombatidae|Vombatidae]]
Genus:
[[/wiki/Lasiorhinus|Lasiorhinus]]

Facts

The Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat is a rair animal. (Lasiorhinus krefftii). It was alive around 100 years ago.

Air

They breath like any other animal they breath throw there lungs

Diet

They eat grass and snow tussocks.

Reproduce

The Wombat gives birth to live animals that are not in eggs. Twins sometimes happen. The gestation period of the Northern Hairy Nosed-Wombat is up to 20 days.

Habitat

There habbitat is flat land (grass area). They have burrow shelters.

Grow and develop

The Northern hairy nosed wombats can be 35 cm tall, up to 1 m long and they can weigh up to 40 kg. The Wombat has smooth fur.

Threats

The Wombat may be uncommon with the Europeans settled but decline accelerated due to a combination of drought and competition with introduced grazing live stock

Adaptations


Hairy-nosed wombats has lots of adaptations that allows them to live in a variety of habitats from grasslands. and bush,and mountain slopes. Their front legs are equipped with sharp claws for digging holes. This enables them to both forage for plants and roots (one of their food sources), and to dig burrows for shelters.

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